Marquez takes pole in Austin with Pedrosa 2nd in all-Honda front row

Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez scored another record this afternoon with his pole position lap for tomorrow’s grand prix, at the track he celebrated his first pole position and victory in the premier class.

After leading every session so far in this weekend’s Red Bull GP of The Americas, Marc topped his pole time of 2013 (2’03.021) by 0.248s with a lap time of 2’02.773 on his final lap of 7 in this afternoon’s qualifying at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

Teammate Dani Pedrosa found an improvement in his setup from yesterday, and starts from second on the grid alongside his teammate, with a time of 2’03.062. LCR Honda rider, Stefan Bradl, completed an all-Honda front row for tomorrow’s 21 lap race which will start at 14h00 local time.

Marc Marquez

“I’m very happy with how the weekend is going and with the qualifying session - especially taking pole position. I have a good feeling with the bike and have been setting a good pace ahead of tomorrow's race. We will try to get a good start and I'm sure we'll be fighting with Dani, as he is our strongest rival. I think that the beginning of the race will be the most important part, because with this heat the tyres suffer a lot. I will try to remain focused and have a good race!”

Dani Pedrosa

“We improved the bike a lot today and I was able to ride much better than yesterday. I managed to come very close in qualifying and hope to take advantage of all my chances to win tomorrow's race. Last year we came second so I will look to take one step further tomorrow!”

MotoGP 2014Saturday, April 12th 2014

Qualifying
Round 2
Grand Prix of the AmericasAmericas

Results Session

Pos.

Rider

Num

Nation

Team

Constructor

Time/Gap

1

Marquez Marc

93

SPA

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

2'02.773

2

Pedrosa Dani

26

SPA

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

2'03.062

3

Bradl Stefan

6

GER

LCR Honda MotoGP

Honda

2'03.196

4

Espargaro Aleix

41

SPA

Athina Forward Racing

Forward Yamaha

2'03.240

5

Lorenzo Jorge

99

SPA

Yamaha

2'03.243

6

Rossi Valentino

46

ITA

Yamaha

2'03.244

7

Crutchlow Cal

35

GBR

Ducati Team

Ducati

2'03.780

8

Smith Bradley

38

GBR

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

2'03.800

9

Iannone Andrea

29

ITA

Pramac Racing

Ducati

2'03.842

10

Dovizioso Andrea

4

ITA

Ducati Team

Ducati

2'03.846

11

Espargaro Pol

44

SPA

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

2'03.913

12

Bautista Alvaro

19

SPA

Go & Fun Honda Gresini

Honda

2'03.923

13

Redding Scott

45

GBR

Go & Fun Honda Gresini

Honda

2'04.617

15

Hernandez Yonny

68

COL

Pramac Racing

Ducati

2'05.677

16

Aoyama Hiroshi

7

JPN

Aspar Team

Honda

2'05.788

17

Abraham Karel

17

CZE

AB Motoracing

Honda

2'06.239

18

Barbera Hector

8

SPA

Ducati Team

Ducati

2'06.270

19

Edwards Colin

5

USA

Athina Forward Racing

Forward Yamaha

2'06.741

20

Laverty Michael

70

GBR

Paul Bird Motorsport

PBM

2'06.939

21

Parkes Broc

23

AUS

Paul Bird Motorsport

PBM

2'07.403

22

Petrucci Danilo

9

ITA

Octo IodaRacing Team

ART

2'07.745

23

Di Meglio Mike

63

FRA

Avintia Racing

Avintia

2'07.761

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Location Information

The Circuit Of The Americas is the first purpose-built Grand Prix facility in the U.S. near Austin, Texas, with a 5.513km track and a capacity for 120,000 fans. Construction of the impressive 1000-acre facility was completed late in 2012, with MotoGP lining up at the track for the first time… read more.

Location Information

The Circuit Of The Americas is the first purpose-built Grand Prix facility in the U.S. near Austin, Texas, with a 5.513km track and a capacity for 120,000 fans. Construction of the impressive 1000-acre facility was completed late in 2012, with MotoGP lining up at the track for the first time… read more.